Trichoderma viride is an antagonistic fungal organism present
in the soil and is highly effective for the control of seed
and soil borne diseases of majority of economically important
crops, especially pulses and oilseeds.

This biocontrol agent when applied along with seed, colonizes
the seed and multiplies on the surface of the seed and kills
not only the pathogens present on the surface of the seed
but also gives protection against soil-borne pathogens until
life time of crop by action of mycoparasitism and antibiosis.

Seed treatment with Trichoderma viride has registered higher
germination in a number of studies and was at par Captan.

Its effective control of soil-borne diseases caused by Rhizoctonia
solani, macrophomina phaseolina and Fusarium spp. makes it
a very important weapon against diseases such as root rot,
seedling diseases, charcoal rot, wilt, damping off, collar
rot, etc..